How many Years has it been since he rocked their shit and went into exile?
Surely people can not possibly be cool with the Kingdom their Living in Poking a Nuclear Bomb like that while ALSO being at war with the Demons at the same time?
Like there should be open revolt or at least some protests or some shit calling out the Royalty for trying to commit Country wide suicide like that lmao.
I would assume at least 2-3 years, by guesswork. He doesnt exactly say the numbers, but I'm guessing; One after getting betrayed and blowing half a country up, one on the run escaping the bounty of the nearby countries that got their neighbor blown up, and one settling down into a (somewhat) neutral territory and conceiving a child.
It doesnt seem that hes been living very long in that specific forest, and I dont think the general populace knows hes there in the first place. The "visitors" count only shot up after the first princess and her dumb noble entourage gave him a check.
Edit: after reading the previous chapters, it seems like he spent multiple years already as a fugitive, and the 2nd princess does say he is in early 20s. So definitely more than 3 years, but perhaps less than a decade.